45.7 million credit cards were stolen in recently disclosed security breaches at TJMaxx, regulatory filings revealed yesterday.

…Making it the largest robbery in the history of man.

It’s time to start pressuring merchants to stop endlessly archiving our banking data. Why do they get to keep a copy of our credit cards forever? — BEN POPKEN

TJX breach involved 45.7m cards, company reports [Boston.com] (Thanks to KevinQ!)
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